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| Founded | 21322 |
| Population | 5,000 (Union: 10,200) |
| Planet | Aite |
Derrai is a city on the east coast of the continent where Freedom Falls and Adrasteia is. It's part of a union with the nearby inland state of Raelos and the island of Aroste off its coast. For a place that's been around for over fifty years, its permanent population is low due to the difficulties of sustaining oneself without a job — farming is not really viable this close to the coast.
It has no central government, but the corporations having stakes in the area and surrounding areas are the closest thing to one. These are lesser known companies, and most are shell companies set up for exploiting Aite's resources before the extinction.
The local security in Derrai, as well as the other parts of the union, is provided by the Derrai Security Group. It is a private army owned jointly by multiple corporations that operate relatively independently. The Group may enlist the services of freelancers and smaller groups, but while that fact is known, these jobs are not very public or official.
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Initial Research
The colony was founded by salarian marine biologists in 2132, It was in an effort to map out the various marine species in the region and their value for food export to other Terminus worlds. While it has little mineral resources of value, it's been the center of some conflicts due to the discovery that some common marine species in the area were proven safely edible for asari, salarians, and batarians – and humans. The relatively harsh climate served the colony well in the beginning, making them an unpopular target until corporations with the means to defend their operation settled in.
The biggest challenge to their growth has been protecting its claimed ocean territories from other states' vessels. It seems as no matter how far the corporations' vessels travel outside, any other vessels are seen as intruders, making said territories difficult to understand for outsiders.
Formation of Derrai Union
An island quite far off the coast was also a nuisance in the beginning. It served as a base of operations for corporations profiting off of the mapped out local fauna without having paid for this research in the first place. After repeated warnings and one short armed conflict on the island, the companies of Aroste were subject to the same rule as those on the mainland. The island's climate, as well as poisonous wild plants, make it challenging (though not unfeasable) for farmers. The companies that didn't withdraw from the area does still harbor some resentment for Derrai, but there is not much they can do about it.
Raelos' partnership with Derrai was one on much better terms. As Derrai grew, it needed goods and services it could not obtain itself. At the time, Raelos was merely a struggling farming community, but Derraian support enabled it to grow into a stable food source to cut down on immense import costs from more distant colonies.
Travel
Travel to Derrai is a daunting task without owning a personal ship. Freight transports to distant colonies are rare, and the companies doing so are careful not to attract pirates. The roads and terrain is also diverse, it would take weeks in ideal condition to travel from Freedom Falls.
Traveling between colonies in the union is easier if one is reasonably connected. Regular freight trucks go between Raelos and Derrai, and there are ships going between Derrai and the island of Aroste.
